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Massachusetts Flood Stories

954 first-hand accounts of flood events in Massachusetts, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Berkshire, MA · Jan 24, 2019

Following a moderate to heavy snowfall event on January 19-20, a strong low pressure system tracking through southern Canada ushered in an unseasonably warm and moist airmass on January 24th. Temperatures surged into the 40s to mid-50s.

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Flood

Plymouth, MA · Apr 15, 2019

Low pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swung a pair of cold fronts through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one in the morning and the second in the afternoon.

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Flood

Norfolk, MA · Apr 15, 2019

Low pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swung a pair of cold fronts through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one in the morning and the second in the afternoon.

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Flood

Essex, MA · Apr 15, 2019

Low pressure moving up the St Lawrence Valley swung a pair of cold fronts through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with one in the morning and the second in the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · Jun 30, 2021

A couple of rounds of thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 30th across western New England. Scattered reports of wind damage occurred with the strongest storms.

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · Jun 30, 2021

A couple of rounds of thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 30th across western New England. Scattered reports of wind damage occurred with the strongest storms.

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Flood

Hampden, MA · Jun 29, 2006

A severe thunderstorm brought down trees in Southwick and Agawam. Lightning struck a cell phone tower on Provost Mountain causing significant damage.

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Flood

Dukes, MA · May 23, 2020

Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.

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Flood

Nantucket, MA · May 23, 2020

Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.

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Flood

Nantucket, MA · May 23, 2020

Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.

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Flood

Dukes, MA · May 23, 2020

Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.

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Flood

Dukes, MA · May 23, 2020

Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.

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Flood

Dukes, MA · May 23, 2020

Surface low pressure (and an upper level low) passed just south of New England. At the same time, a strong upper level short wave was passing to our north and a strong backdoor cold front was moving southward into northeastern Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood

Berkshire, MA · Jul 9, 1997

During the early afternoon hours of July 9, a cold front crossed Berkshire County. This front initiated severe thunderstorms in several locations across the county. Damaging winds downed trees and wires in Lee, Stockbridge and Great Barrington.

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Coastal Flood

Nantucket, MA · Jan 31, 2006

A low pressure system developed off the mid Atlantic coast and then intensified as it passed southeast of Nantucket on 31 January 2006. Gale force winds combined with an already high astronomical tide produced widespread minor to moderate coastal flooding along the Eastern…

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Coastal Flood

Southern Bristol, MA · Dec 3, 2009

Strong low pressure moving through New York State coupled with a vigorous low level jet resulted in periods of damaging wind across Southern New England. Rain and occasional thunder also occurred.

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Plymouth, MA · Mar 2, 2018

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…

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Coastal Flood

Barnstable, MA · Mar 2, 2018

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…

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Coastal Flood

Dukes, MA · Mar 2, 2018

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…

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Coastal Flood

Nantucket, MA · Mar 3, 2018

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Essex, MA · Mar 2, 2018

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…

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Coastal Flood

Suffolk, MA · Mar 2, 2018

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Norfolk, MA · Mar 2, 2018

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy snow to northwest Massachusetts, heavy rain and strong winds to central and eastern Massachusetts, and coastal flooding to the…

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Coastal Flood

Nantucket, MA · Jan 4, 2018

Low pressure moved north from the Florida coast and deepened, passing southeast of Nantucket on Thursday January 4. The storm reached its lowest pressure and strongest pressure gradient as it passed Southern New England.

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